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Topic: I'm moving: Packing advice requested! (Read 2097 times)

I've lurked for awhile and have enjoyed many of the posts. i'm moving about 500 miles from where I currently reside. I have about 80-100 pieces of scandanavian glass, including various ariels and rare pieces.

At present, my current plan is to move the glass myself. I just don't trust movers. Also I am moving a large number of records and books so I figured that I would do 1-2 loads with a rental truck.

What advice can you give me regarding packing. As I noted there are quite a few pieces that are very heavy (2-5 kg). Only a very small number are obviously very delicate (e.g., I have a tall Lindstrand giraffe).

Glass is suprisingly sturdy stuff - I move hundreds of pieces all around the country on a regular basis for fairs.

If you're moving it yourself then you don't have to pack it as well as for postage. As long as you give each piece a couple of layers of bubblewrap (paying special attention to sharp edges), pack it fairly tightly so that nothing can move, and make sure that the very heaviest items are on the bottom and that lighter items, or those with extraneous parts, are at the top of the box, you should be fine.

You might want to invest in a few stackable lidded plastic storage boxes, rather than cardboard, as the combined weight of glass can sometimes be a bit back-breaking - stackable boxes are shaped to distribute the weight on top to the walls rather than onto the contents, plus you don't want the bottom to fall out of the box when you pick it up.

I was always advised to firstly wrap the glass in tissue before covering with bubblerwap as there can be inter action with plastic and some glass coatings/finishes. It might be a few days/weeks before you unpack everything, so best to make sure that plastic doesn't come into contact with the glass surface, just in case!

I always do it that way anyway, as those who have bought from me will know.

If you do all this yourself, you may not have insurance cover, so also best to check. Photograph everything you have in case you need to make an insurance claim.

I want your Lindstrand giraffe!!!!!!

Apart from all that, Happy Moving Day, and Peace and Happiness in your new home, johnn. :sun:

Rosie.

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Rosie.

When all's said and done, there's nothing left to say or do. Roger McGough.

As long as you don't overpack the boxes you'll be just fine with news print.

I think it depends of the quality of road surface you're to be traveling on. I lost two newspaper-wrapped carafes to the sudden judder of going over the train lines at a level crossing when I first started the fair malarkey - the first on the way there, and the second coming back!

Thanks for the comments, suggestions and pitfalls. Fortunately, the move will take place in the summer, and no temperature variation of more than 5 degrees is expected. I do like the idea of the plastic boxes instead of cardboard and will certainly being doing that.

As I take photos to document things while I am packing, I'll post some of my faves here.